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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-10-01 13:59:41 -0700
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@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ last modified the line. Optionally, start annotating from the given revision.
The command can also limit the range of lines annotated.
+The origin of lines is automatically followed across whole-file
+renames (currently there is no option to turn the rename-following
+off). To follow lines moved from one file to another, or to follow
+lines that were copied and pasted from another file, etc., see the
+`-C` and `-M` options.
+
The report does not tell you anything about lines which have been deleted or
replaced; you need to use a tool such as 'git diff' or the "pickaxe"
interface briefly mentioned in the following paragraph.